Hopper-bottom car.



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. SOHOEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, AND JOHN M. HANSEN, OF BELLE- VUE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO THE PRESSED STEEL OAR COM- PANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOPPER-BOTTOM CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,908, dated April 17, 1900.

" Application filed August 10,1899. Serial no. 726,819. (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern: we will proceed now more particularly to set Be it known that we, CHARLES T. SOHOEN, forth and finally claim. residing at Philadelphia, in the county of We have shown ourinvention embodied in Philadelphia, and JOHN M. HANSEN, residing a steel car of approved construction, but

5 at Bellevue, in the county of Allegheny, State wish it to be understood that we do not limit ofPennsylvania, citizens of theUnited States, our invention to the single illustration exhave invented certain new and useful Imhibited in the accompanying drawings, and provementsin Hopper-Bottom Cars, of which with this statement we will proceed to dothe following is a full, clear, and exact de-, scribe our invention with reference to the ac- 10 scription. companying drawings.

This invention relates to the construction In the accompanying drawings like parts of hopper-bottom cars, and more especially to are similarly designated in the several views. that class of cars in which the parts are Figure 1 is a side elevation of onehalf of formed of sheet or plate steel pressed to shape; the car. Fig. 2 is a top plan view and par- 15 and it also relates to a special form of operattial section of the underframe. Fig. 3 is a ing mechanism for the doors of the dischargeside View, and Fig. 4 a transverse section, chutes p; hopper-bottoms of such cars. taken in the plane of line 4 4, Fig. 3, of one In th preferred form of carrying out our of the sill-braces. Fig. 5 is a top plan view. invention we construdaitheunderframe of Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section taken sub- 20 pressed-steel centers'i ll side sills, and end stantiallyin the plane of line 6 6, Fig. 5.

sills, riveted together an raced laterally by Fig. 7 is a central transverse section through transoms or braces of similar construction, the center of the transverse cone. Fig. Sis and we erect upon the sills the body of the an enlarged transverse section through one car, the sides rising from the side sills and of the longitudinal cones and the center sills.

' z 5 the ends being secured to the sides and sup- Fig. 9 is a side elevation, on a larger scale,

ported from the underframe and the bottom illustrating the door-operating mechanism. or floor inclined from opposite ends down- Fig. 10 is an end elevation of the car. Fig. wardly toward the center, of the car through 11 is an enlarged plan view of one of the and beneath the underframe to form disspreaders and part of the other. Fig. 12 is 0 charge chutes or hoppers. The body-bolsters an enlarged plan view of the joint of the are erected above the underfranie, and interspreaders. Fig. 13 is a side elevation of parts posed between such bolsters and the under of thespreader-connectors. Fig. 14 isacrossside of the floor are bellied girders, there besection taken in the plane of line 14 14, Fig. ing other girders secured to the inclined ends 13. Fig. 15 is a sectional elevation, on a still 35 of the floor and supported by struts rising larger scale, of portions of the door-operatfrom the underframe. The interior ofthe ing mechanism and its supports. ,Fig. 16 is body of the car is divided by a central transa horizontal section taken substantially in verse cone and side'wings builtinto the same, the plane of line 16 16 and looking in the di-. and it is also divided by longitudinal cones, rection of the arrow, Fig. 15.

40 thus making four pockets or discharge chutes In the construction shown the underframe or hoppers. Beneath thetransverse cone the comprises side sills a, center sills a, end sills 9o doors are suspended by their upper ends, so (1*, connected with the side and center sills, as to swing open and shut from their lower parallel transoms l) b 5 riveted to the side ends, and at their lower ends these doors are sills and center sills in the plane of the truck 5 connected by spreaders which are jointed at bolsters, center braces c, the construction of their meeting ends after the manner of a togwhich is shown in detail in Figs. 3 and 4, glelever, and this joint has a vertical moveand braces 61, between the center sills, and ment in guides, and the movement is conoblique braces 6, connecting the center sills trolled by a shaft and connecting-links, all as with the end sills, substantially as shown in Fig. 2. Wherever most needed, the union of the sills maybe reinforced by gussets or angle-plates f, as between the centersills and the end sills.

The sides g of the car may be erected upon the side sills and their constituent plates united and braced by the side stakes g,which are riveted to the sides and t0 the side sills. The ends h of the car are elevated above the underframe and connected therewith by corner stakes or posts h, which rise from the underframe and end sills and are riveted to the ends and sides of the car. Uprights k also connect the ends h and the underframe.

The floor is composed of a series of plates d, those plates next to the sides having vertical flanges 2', Fig. 6, which are riveted to the sides of the car, and the several floor-plates 11 are also riveted to an inturned flange 11 of the ends h. The floors are inclined from opposite ends toward the center of the car and are projected throiigh the underframe between the center sills andside sills, so as to form four converging hoppers, pockets, or chutes i The floor is provided with transverse girders j, here shown of inverted-L shape, riveted to its under side and support ed by struts 7", rising from the side sills obliquely, as shown more especially in Figs. 1, 2, and 10.

The body-bolsters 7c are erected above the under frame and are of substantially the construction illustrated in Figs. 6 and 10, and as illustrated in said figures there depends from the under side of the floor and riveted thereto bellied girders Z, which rest upon the upper surfaces of the bolsters to support the floor at those points. Other girders Z may be interposed between the under side of the floor and the upper side of the underframe at the points where the floor enters the underframe.

The interior of the car is divided transversely bya cone m, which is made in two parts, which are riveted to the sides of the car, as shown in Fig. 6, by means of end flanges m thereon, and which are riveted together by central meeting flanges m as shown in Fig. 7. The halves of the transverse cone are braced interiorly by means of the corrugated plates m (See Figs. 6 and 7.) Between the fianges m and at opposite sides of .the car are inserted vertical triangular wings n, the lower ends of which are riveted in between the flanges m and the upright bases of which are flanged laterally, as shown in Fig. 5 at n, and riveted to the sides of the car. These wings not only add stiffness to the sides of the car and to the cone, but serve to divide and distribute the load. The car is also divided longitudinally, parallel with the center sills, by means of cones 0, the ends 0' of which are riveted to the floor and the ends 0 riveted to the transverse cone. These longitudinal cones aid in dividing the body of the car into four pockets. As shown in Fig. 8, these longitudinal cones are erected upon brackets 0 which are secured to and rise from the center sills a a. Of course these brackets 0 greatly reinforce the cones o.

The doors 19 may be of any approved construction and hinged at the mouths of the chutes from supporting-beams p, suitably erected between the center and side sills. Where these doors are made of pressed steel, their centers may be embossed, as shown. The doors of the several chutes may beoperated singly or in pairs, and we have shown mechanism for simultaneously operating the four doors in pairs, and this mechanism is constructed as follows: There is employed a beam r, at each end of which is an eye 1', and this beam is of a width to reach from the center of one door to the center of a companion door, and the beam is there connected with the said doors by its eyes 0" r engaging companion hinge-pieces r on the doors, the union of the eyes and hinge-pieces being effected by any suitable pintles which will permit movement of the parts. Midway of the beam 0" is a shank-piece r projecting substantially at right angles from the said beam and of trough shape in cross-section, substantially as shown in Fig. 14. The shanks 0 0f opposite beams 7* have their adjacent ends formed, respectively, with a socket r and a tongue r which when assembled as in Figs. 11, 12, and 13 are united by a transverse pin r and in a manner similar to a knuckle-joint or rule-joint. The parts herein designated 0", r, and r constitute a spreader, and we herein so refer thereto. It will be observed that these spreaders have their eyes 0' r riveted or otherwise secured to the ends of the beams r and also have their shanks r similarly applied to the beams. Now it is an ascertained fact that the eyes and the shanks are exposed .to the greatest danger of breakage and wear, and by making them separable from the beams the spreaders may be readily and economically repaired and without the necessity of replacing the whole spreader when any one or more of its parts are damaged. There is also a considerable economy of material gained in the construction of spreaders in accordance with our invention, and where pressed steel is used, wholly or in part, in their construction there is a large saving in dead-weight and a very material increase in strength and durability. The spreaders have their connecting-pin r projecting beyond their sides, as shown more especially in Figs. 15 and 16, and this pin travels in grooves sin vertical guides s, which depend from and are secured to the center sills a a and are parallel to one another, and the lower ends of these guides are united and stayed by transverse braces 8 The centers of the shanks r are cut out, as shown at t, Figs. 11 and 12, and this'central opening provides for the entrance of a link t to engage the pin 0*, and this link extends vertically between the guides s s and is jointed to a crankarm a, which is secured to a shaft 1), which in turn has bearings in a bracket v on one of the car.

of the center sills and in a plate 02 on the side Outside of the car the shaft 1) is provided with a ratchet 0 which is engaged by pawls 0 to lock the mechanism when the doors are in both the open and closed positions. The end of' the shaft 0 may be squared to receive any suitable operating key or wrench, Now it will be understood that by rotation of the shaft 12 so as to elevate the crank-arm u the link 15' will be drawn upwardly, and it in turn will draw up the meeting ends of the spreaders, and thereby cause the doors to open, while a reverse movement of the parts will close the doors. In this way is supplied a very simple mechanism for directly and positively moving the doors.

What We claim is- 1. A steel car, having an underframe comprising side sills and center sills connected by end sills and transoms, a body-bolster erected above said underframe, a hopperbottom mounted on said underframe and supported thereupon by girders one of which is bellied and interposed between the under side of the bottom and the upper surface of the body-bolster, at each end of the car and rests upon such bolster, substantially as described.

2. In a steel car, having its body divided longitudinally and transversely into hoppers, pockets or chutes, the transversedividing member being composed of a cone divided at its apex and receiving vertical triangular wings projecting from the sides into the body of the car and between the members of the transverse cone and secured to both, substantially as described.

3. A hopper-bottom car, provided with doors, combined with door-operatingmechanism, comprising transverse beams 1', having eyes 0 formed of separate and independent pieces and secured to the ends of the beams and pivoted to the doors, and shanks 7' also formed separate from the beams and secured to the said beams and connected to each other by a knuckle-joint, the said beams, eyes and ally beyond the said joint at both sides, vertically-grooved guides with which the projecting ends of such pin engage, and means to raise and lower said spreaders within said guides to open and close the doors, substantially as described.

6. In a hopper-bottom car, the combination with the doors, of spreaders connected with v the doors and each composed of abeam rhaving eyes 1" and ashank r aknuckle-joint connecting the shanks of the spreaders, vertically-grooved guides erected between the cen ter sills of the car and receiving the said knuckle-joint of the spreaders, a crank-shaft, and a link connecting the crank-shaft and the knuckle-joint, substantially as described.

7. In a hopper-bottom car, the combination with the doors, of spreaders connected with the doors and each composed of abeam rhaving eyes 1' and a shank r a knuckle-joint connecting the shanks of the spreaders, vertically-grooved guides erected between the center sills of the car and receiving the said knuckle-joint of the spreaders, a crank-shaft, and a link connecting the crank-shaft and the knuckle-joint, and means to hold the said shaft to retain the doors in both the closed and opened positions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 21st day of July, A. D. 1899.

CHARLES T. SOI-IOEN. J. M. HANSEN.

Witnesses as to, Charles T. Schoen:

CHAS. D. MGGLAUGHLIN, ARMIN H. WILLS.

WVitnesses as to J. M. Hansen:

H. E. SWARTZ, J. O. HErIRY. 

